given how quickly it seems to have originated on Earth, it would pain a much more dim picture of finding it elsewhere outside our solar system.
Interesting. If we do not find any indicators that life once existed on Mars given that it could have, and given how quickly it seems to have originated on Earth, it would paint a much more dim picture of finding it elsewhere outside our solar system
A reliance upon Impact Events as the source of heat to create these minerals on any large enough scale to give rise to life is probably mistaken
The null hypothesis is that life is an easy process, because we observe that it happens so fast
You are arguing that it isn't the null from a position of ignorance
Based on current observations, knowledge and assumptions my guess is that simple life is exceedingly common, multicellular life is fairly common, complex multicellular life is rare, complex multicellular intelligent life is exceedingly rare, and complex life with technological civilization might not exist outside our solar system
Modernmystic
Nov 15, 2012